eCARTO News capture the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.
Location
- Mapping the real-world locations that inspired great children’s books – avclub.com
- Mapping a new course with smartphone apps – detroitnews.com
- How Waze is making mapping work in tunnels – travelandleisure.com
- Self driving cars and the question of mapping – fool.com
- 3D road mapping underpins Japans tech heavy olympics push – cnet.com
- Mapping Company HERE will let drivers use maps from competing automakers – cnet.com
Industry News
- Apple patents laser mapping system – appleinsider.com
- EeGeo partners with AMP for interactive real estate 3D mapping – directionsmag.com
- Topcon offering new drone mapping kits – pobonline.com
Mapping – Research Activities
- MIT has a clever way to map streetlights – citylab.com
- Mapping expedition underway – sunlive.co.nz
- New 3D viewer for improved digital geoscience mapping – sciencedaily.com
- Star-mapping mission shows Milky Way to be larger than first thought – sciencedaily.com
- Crowd source mapping for driverless cars – dzone.com
Mapping our World
- Powerful maps: how building 3D models is helping rural communities to make their voices heard – cta.int
- Airborne mapping can help in flood mitigation – thehindu.com
- New technology for mapping beaches – sciencedaily.com
- Agnostic mapping reveals and affects different perceptions of global boundaries – mcgilldaily.com
- Tanzania will use drones to aid in mapping – voanews.com
ICA Facebook Posts
- On-line maps – gis.brown.edu
- How mapmakers make mountains rise off the page – nationalgeographic.com
- An incredible map collection – hyperallergic.com
- How to sketch a Voronoi diagram – gisgeography.com
- What’s across the ocean – metrocosm.com
- 3D mapping goes to the next level with map printing – trendintech.com
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